Postoperative Management of Children with Single Ventricle Congenital Heart Disease

1.00 NAPNAP Contact Hour. This continuing education activity is offered at a reduced rate to NAPNAP Members. This continuing education activity rate is $10 for NAPNAP Members. For non-members, this continuing education activity rate is $20. This course is an archived session from NAPNAP's Pediatric Virtual Symposium: 2024 Targeted Topics.

Please note that this program is an archived session NAPNAP's Pediatric Virtual Symposium: 2024 Targeted Topics. If you had attended 2024 virtual symposium and earned CE for this session, this course will be a duplicate.

This continuing education activity is administered by the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) as an Agency providing continuing education credit. Individuals who complete this program will be awarded 1.00 NAPNAP Contact Hour.

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Target Audience

Pediatric-focused advanced practice registered nurses

Learning Objectives

• Describe the anatomy and basic physiology (blood flow) of HLHS at birth and after each of the 3 stages of palliation

• Describe the effects of this physiology and open heart surgery on the neonatal and developing brain

• Describe possible complications arising after surgery, including necrotizing enterocolitis, vocal cord and feeding dysfunction, chylothorax and arrhythmias

• Describe the impact of single ventricle physiology on other organ systems including kidneys and liver

• Describe usual postoperative management of the single ventricle patient population

• Describe additional complications of the Fontan physiology, including sinus node dysfunction and additional lymphatic complications

• Describe the possible psychosocial impact of each stage of palliation on the patient and family

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 Contact hours
Course opens: 
11/15/2024
Course expires: 
11/30/2026
Cost:
$20.00
Rating: 
0

Sarah Sinclair, MBE, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC
Acute Cardiac Care Unit Surgical Nurse Practitioner and APP
Educator Boston Children’s Hospital

Available Credit

  • 1.00 Contact hours

Price

Cost:
$20.00
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